2021 Book Priorities

Books to read, cull, or forward (in the case of changed release dates) in 2021.

Progress: 22 of 27

  1. The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water by Zen Cho – culled
  2. Dark One Volume 1 by Brandon Sanderson – culled
  3. As the Shadow Rises by Katy Rose Pool – read
  4. Gideon the Ninth – Tamsyn Muir – culled
  5. The Original – Brandon Sanderson and Mary Robinette Kowal – read
  6. The Scapegoat – Daphne du Maurier – culled
  7. The Fortune Teller – Gwendolyn Womack – culled
  8. Compete to Create – Michael Gervais and Pete Carroll
  9. Devil’s Night – Todd Ritter – read
  10. The Haunting of Brynn Wilder – Wendy Webb – culled
  11. Grandma Gatewood’s Walk – Ben Montgomery – read
  12. Half Light – Tayari Jones – culled
  13. Off Menu – Nell McShane Wulfhart – read
  14. Unhallowed Graves – Nuzo Onoh – culled
  15. The Reluctant Dead – Nuzo Onoh – culled
  16. The Regrets – Amy Bonnaffons – culled
  17. Elatsoe – Darcie Little Badger – culled
  18. The Postscript Murders – Elly Griffiths (March)* – read
  19. Rule of Wolves – Leigh Bardugo (March) – culled
  20. Bridge of Souls – Victoria Schwab (March)* – read
  21. Wilde Child – Eloisa James (March)* – read
  22. Mister Impossible – Maggie Stiefvater (May)*
  23. One Great Lie – Deb Caletti (June)
  24. Any Way the Wind Blows – Rainbow Rowell (July)*
  25. Survive the Night – Riley Sager (July) – read
  26. The Heart Principle – Helen Hoang (August) – read
  27. Cytonic – Brandon Sanderson (Nov)*

* Guaranteed reads

It’s only April 15th, but I have an unusually high number of books on my TBR right now, so I’m making a further list below.

  • Being Human – Robert Sapolsky
  • Coffeeland – Augustine Sedgewick
  • It Could Be Worse: A Girlfriend’s Guide for Runners who Detest Running – Beth Probst
  • Gut Feelings: The Microbiome and Our Health – Alessio Fasano
  • The Body is Not an Apology – Sonya Renee Taylor
  • Understanding Exposure – Bryan Peterson
  • Apples Never Fall – Liane Moriarty (Sept)
  • The Last Anniversary – Liane Moriarty
  • Exercised – Daniel Lieberman
  • Any Sign of Life – Rae Carson
  • Fierce as the Wind – Tara Wilson Redd
  • The Second Blind Son – Amy Harmon
  • The Gifts That Bind Us – Caroline O’Donoghue (2022)
  • The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina – Zoraida Córdova
  • Gilded – Marissa Meyer
  • The Haunting of Leigh Harker – Darcy Coates
  • The City of Dusk – Tara Sim (2022)
  • Everything We Didn’t Say – Nicole Baart (Nov)
  • Sunreach – Brandon Sanderson*
  • ReDawn – Brandon Sanderson (Oct)*
  • Evershore – Brandon Sanderson (Dec)*
  • Defiant – Brandon Sanderson (2023)*
  • A Stitch in Time – Kelly Armstrong
  • Dark Desires – Eve Silver
  • Himself – Jess Kidd
  • Murder at Melrose Court – Karen Menuhin
  • Wicked Wallflower – Maya Rodale